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Stuart Lawson
Stuart Lawson
Senior Associate — Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions
E: slawson@velaw.com T: +1.713.758.3228
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Senior Associate — Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions

Stuart Lawson

Stuart Lawson
Houston
T: +1.713.758.3228
F: +1.713.615.5428

Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002

E: slawson@velaw.com
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Stuart Lawson

Stuart’s principal areas of practice are corporate and securities transactions, as well as general corporate matters. He works with private equity funds, portfolio companies and a variety of other public and private companies in connection with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and other strategic investments.

Experience Highlights

  • A private insurance company in its $900 million acquisition of a private workers’ compensation and liability insurer

  • A public natural gas distribution company in the $212 million disposition of certain natural gas storage assets

  • A privately-held provider of flow measurement systems in the $125 million disposition of its business to a publicly traded company

  • A private midstream energy company in the disposition of its business to a publicly traded company

  • A public industrial supplies company in multiple strategic transactions to acquire certain oil drilling equipment

  • A public national title company in its purchase of multiple appraisal services companies and a remote online notary services company

  • A public oilfield services company in multiple strategic transactions to acquire certain offshore-related oil and gas assets

  • An international battery component designer and manufacturer in the disposition of its business to a private equity fund

  • An insurance agency in its disposition of Texas insurance agency assets and book of business to national platform purchaser

  • A private distributor company in the disposition of its business to a wholesale distributor

Credentials

  • South Texas College of Law, J.D. cum laude, 2014 (Managing Editor, South Texas Law Review)
  • Texas A&M University, B.S., Political Science, 2006
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” (Houston): Mergers & Acquisitions Law, 2021–2023; Corporate Law, 2023
  • Texas

News & Insights

Deals & Cases
Summit Midstream Partners, LP Announces Synergistic and Accretive Bolt-on Acquisitions in the DJ Basin
October 17, 2022
Rankings & Awards
Vinson & Elkins Achieves 292 Rankings in The Best Lawyers in America (BL Rankings, LLC) 2023, Including 7 “Lawyer of the Year” Recognitions
August 18, 2022
Deals & Cases
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Announces Agreement to Create Independent Renewable Power Company
August 4, 2022
Deals & Cases
ARM Energy Holdings Acquires Monument Pipeline LP from NextEra Energy Partners
April 4, 2022